Cleo Woods was 16 when he was shot and killed on September 21, 2021, at the Bay Terraces apartment complex in San Diego. Officers responding to multiple 911 calls about gunfire found Woods in the complex parking lot with an upper-body gunshot wound; paramedics pronounced him dead at 8:41 p.m. A 14-year-old boy was also wounded and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses said Woods and a group of boys were playing basketball in the courtyard when multiple shots were fired and the group scattered. The scene grew chaotic as a large, aggressive crowd gathered, requiring extra police to secure the area for medics and investigators. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

In the months after the shooting a 16-year-old suspect was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, on suspicion of firing on the youths; the suspect was in custody in Arizona awaiting extradition to California. Detectives continue to seek witnesses and gather evidence. If anyone in Bay Terraces that evening has information, please come forward.